2024-09-23 08:25:01
► Russian attacks in Ukraine leave one dead and 23 injured
New Russian attacks in Ukraine left one dead and twenty-three injured, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday, September 23.
Russian artillery and airstrikes hit residential buildings in the southern province of Kherson on Sunday, killing a 61-year-old woman and wounding seven people, Oleksandr Prokudin, its governor, said.
In addition, 16 people were injured after seven night air strikes by Russia on the city of Zaporizhia, also in the south of the country, and its surroundings, Ukrainian national police said. Among these injuries, four women are hospitalized, the mayor of Zaporizhia region, Ivan Fedorov, said on Telegram.
► Drones shot down in Ukraine and Russia
In the night from Sunday to Monday, three Shahed attack drones were fired by Ukrainian air defenses, which also prevented another drone and two surface-to-air missiles from reaching their target, the Ukrainian Air Force announced.
In Russia, the Ministry of Defense said that eight Ukrainian drones were captured and destroyed over the regions of Kursk and Belgorod, which border Ukraine.
► Zelensky in the United States to present his “victory plan”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the United States on Sunday evening, where he will present to his American counterpart Joe Biden and to Congress the details of his “Winning Plan” Aim to stop the Russian invasion of your country.
Volodymyr Zelensky began his stay with a visit, in Pennsylvania (east), to a weapons factory that specifically manufactures 155 mm shells which Ukraine supplies a lot to Russian forces. “I started my visit to the United States by showing my gratitude to all the employees of the company”he emphasized on social networks “It is in this kind of place that we really see that the democratic world can win”he added.
Scranton, Pennsylvania. I visited a plant that produces 155 mm ammunition shells. Now, for our soldiers who defend not only our country, not only Ukraine, the plant will increase production.
I begin my visit to America by expressing my gratitude to all… pic.twitter.com/OXnvqHclkM
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) September 22, 2024
The Ukrainian leader must go mainly to New York and Washington, where Joe Biden will receive him at the White House on Thursday.
► Macron believes we will have to “review our relationship with Russia”
Emmanuel Macron reckons it will be important “Renew our relations with Russia” after the war in Ukraine, and advocated for “A New World Order”while “Meeting for Peace” organized by Sant’Egidio in Paris.
“We will have to think of a new way of organization for Europe and rethink our relationship with Russia then” war in Ukraine, announced the French president at the opening of the meetings of this Catholic community close to the Vatican.
On the subject of relations with Moscow, Emmanuel Macron has been heavily criticized for saying in May 2022, more than two months after Moscow launched its troops into Ukraine, that it is not important. “humble” Russia. On the other hand, he drew Western criticism two years later for refusing to rule out sending people to Ukrainian homes.
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